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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 14, 2021Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2021, 11:02 PM EDT for Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2021, 11:02 PM EDT (03:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2021, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1575 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1575 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

751 
WWUS81 KPHI 150302
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1102 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
 
DEZ003-MDZ015-019-020-150345-
Inland Sussex DE-Queen Anne's MD-Talbot MD-Caroline MD-
1102 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern Sussex,
Talbot and southern Caroline Counties through 1145 PM EDT...

At 1101 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Waldorf to near University Of Maryland
Center For Environmental Studies to near Laurel. Movement was
northeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and torrential rainfall.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Easton, Talbot, Seaford, Laurel, Federalsburg, Bridgeville, Delmar,
Trappe, St. Michaels, Preston, Oxford, Smithville, Copperville,
Agner, Choptank, Windyhill, Tanyard, Harmony, Tilghman Island and
Matthews.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3846 7569 3864 7571 3869 7577 3870 7590
      3857 7604 3870 7623 3876 7622 3871 7628
      3878 7629 3877 7632 3867 7634 3874 7634
      3875 7637 3886 7626 3884 7627 3879 7620
      3887 7619 3890 7603 3866 7538 3845 7540
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 225DEG 5KT 3857 7687 3856 7620 3852 7564 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

BAH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 1:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Aug 14, 11:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent116 min
Aug 15, 12:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent3 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.